The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-07-01

EssAE n a2WS.

Corn IS humping itself.
The tomato fields are looking finely.
Grass is almost a drug on the market
this season.
The wooAcock season opens to-day for
one month only.
Potatoes are thrifty-and the bugs are
pretty well, thank you.
In Whites regular watel, club on Mon
day Adam Moncrief drew the watch.
The streets these days are almost de-
serted, on account of the farmers being
busy with their harvest.
Weather permitting, the bulk Of the
wheat crop in this section will.bc harvested
this week. The crop seems to be fairly
GOOD,
Ten i. NJ. is the hour for commencing
the exercises at the temperance meeting on
Monday. BE on hand promptly and get
it all.
Assessor Richman is on his rounds and
has nearly finished his inquiries into the
financial standing of our townships poQu-
lation.
4 COW sold at public sale on Saturday
by Henry S. Wright was bought by Omar
I;orton for $40, and a hcifer was sold to
RTet'. VI. ElhtiftAS ltf 81,
The employees Of the L. b. Humphreys
Pantaloon Go. will observe the Fourth,
and The two stores of i. i. Humphreys
win also be closed ON that day.
At least enc of the boys connected with
the Elmer base ball club succeeded in get
ting drunk before he lett for home and
made a disgusting show Of himself.
A bundle containing knives, forks,
razors, and wearing apparel was found
along the railroad below Middleton last
week. II had evidently lain there for some
time.
Most Of the business places in town will
observe next Monday by closing. The
Bank Will observe the day, and the Post
Office will he closed between the hours of
10 A. NJ. and 5 p. NJ, and again at Z p. M.
, The lawn tennis club have their court on
the Bowen lot, between Isaac BalIinger's
aud Thomas Enoch's residence. A
net is stretched occasionally, bydown town
players, on the Allen lot, at Main street
and Allen avenue.
Harry Wood. Earl Vanlear's capable as
sistant in the blackSmithing business, has
bought tie smith shop Of Fowler Powers,
ut the corner Of Fifth and Griffith streets,
Salem, and viii start business for himself
at the new place next Monday.
The late Harry L.. Shape, Of Atlantic
City, was insured in the North Western
Masonic Aid Association, of Chicago, for
the sum of cichtyefiVe hundred dollars,
which his widow will receive rs soon
rs the necessary proofs of the claim are
completed. iogg s. R%iclman, oil OR
Borough, are agents of this association for
Salem county.
Burt d Dean, agents for the Deering
mowers, gave n field trial Of their machine
last Saturday afternoon in Jos. j. l,ilcy's
field, near the railroad station, in the pres
ence OF a largo crowd Of farmers and others
Interested. The machines used were
the ~six-foot mower and one Of narrower
cut. Both machines worked well. The
grass was heavy timothy and clover
A Boston firm has sent ont notices to all
the e0nnty authorities that tic ballot boxes
Of the Hall s Wood pattern, which the
law requires each county to provide, are
an Infringement of their patent, and threat
en- prosecution in case tie Hall " WOOD
pattern is purchased. The only way 80
comply with the law is 10 take IN intiem-
nily bond from the parties who are author
lied 10 furnish tile boxes.
Last Saturdays Swelesboro NctcS tells
Of a newly married couple, of that town,
who attempted 10 90 from WoouStoWn 10
Swedesboro on Saturday night week, and
,by mistake took the middle road to Multi
ca Hill, nj the upper end of Woodstown,
instead of the Swedesboro pike. When
near Thomas Edwards lane their carriage
upset, the horse got away, and The couple
wandered around on foot till they struck
liarrisonVille, where they ~ero SCI right
for Swedesboro, which place they reached
on foot early Sunday morning. The team
was not found until the next day.